I’ve enjoyed planting bulbs this week—tulips, daffodils, crocus and others—one of the true joys of Fall. “Paying ahead” to the spring, if you will, and, with hands in the dirt…
Today held great promise as the perfect day to hike Camel’s Hump for the first time this summer. The mountain, in profile, also appears above in the header to this…
Honestly, this week I needed a break from seeing the world through a viewfinder. That, three weeks of 18+ hour days traveling in Alaska and the task, even if anticipated,…
I’ve chronicled my love of Shad or Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) trees and their flowers and fruit as well as my rivals for the fruit, the local birds. Not many people eat…
There are so many ways to see flowers, especially peony flowers. What a feast of seeing summer is!
Imagine being a bee! I so enjoy diving in and seeing flowers up close, with light both reflected and translucent. Like the bees, I too often come up with a…
I’ve shared pictures in the past of the lovely flowers of the Shad or Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), one of my early Spring favorites. Clearly pollination happened because the trees are…
I first saw the startling flowers of Beaked Hazel (Corylus cornuta) six years ago. The female flowers are the size of a pea and often bloom while the snow is…
Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
